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Rapid Eye Rapid Eye was founded by Lee Williams in 1996 as an affordable colour print darkroom, where photographers could experiment with ideas and techniques.

Rapid Eye offers a full range of services to photographers,colour darkroom hire, film processing, hand c-type printing, contact prints, digital c-type printing, retouching, flat bed scanning, Imacon scanning, colour printing workshops.

Ladies night!Join our Women-led evening printing session, every first Tuesday of the month* First one is 3rd Nov, 6-10pm...
28/10/2026

Ladies night!
Join our Women-led evening printing session, every first Tuesday of the month

* First one is 3rd Nov, 6-10pm
* Perfect for women looking to meet other women in the darkroom/analogue community

With Emma; our friendly lab technician on hand to help: link in bio, go to book a darkroom on our website.

We process E6 once a week at our lab! Find all process options here: https://www.rapideye.uk.com/collections/e-6-7-day-p...
21/10/2026

We process E6 once a week at our lab!

Find all process options here: https://www.rapideye.uk.com/collections/e-6-7-day-processing-packages

Or come in to the lab and have a chat about all our options.



E6 slide film refers to colour reversal film processed using the E6 chemical process, which produces positive transparencies directly on the film rather than negative images.

Unlike colour negative film like C-41 process; E-6 film creates a positive image that can be viewed by holding it up to light or projecting it as a slide.

Darkroom booking hours have extended Tuesday. Yay! Wednesday 10am-10pm, 4h, 8h, 12h Slots availableCheck out the link in...
16/10/2026

Darkroom booking hours have extended Tuesday. Yay! Wednesday 10am-10pm, 4h, 8h, 12h Slots available

Check out the link in our bio for our website to book!

Get on it ASAP as spaces go fast.

We can scan whole rolls and single images up to Large Tiff on our Noritsu scanner as the highest resolution scan, which ...
15/10/2026

We can scan whole rolls and single images up to Large Tiff on our Noritsu scanner as the highest resolution scan, which is great! But we also do single image scans from 20MB to 220 MB depending on the format of your negatives. So if you have that negative that you just want to get more out of, you can!

This scan be done as a RAW scan or combination of RAW, Clean up and Colour matching. This is done on our Imacon by our team or by you hiring it out yourself.

Also info is on our website, link in bio - look for ‘Order scans’ or ‘Book a scanner’

14/10/2026

I met David Harriman in 1996 at the begging of my career setting up the darkroom. He was very enthusiastic and a great printed and photographer. Here we are today re ackindled and enjoying it still. I would regard this experience as the first party of our 30th year. Reconnecting making work and having good chat… join us for the first 30 year cekebration tomorrow evening. ❤️😊😊👍 cheers Lee

Our fridge is stocked up! We’ve got a range of Colour and B&W with a selection of Super 8 and 16mm and some Polaroid 600...
14/10/2026

Our fridge is stocked up!

We’ve got a range of Colour and B&W with a selection of Super 8 and 16mm and some Polaroid 600 in the mix.

All can be purchased in store or online (rapideye.uk.com) for collection or delivery.

For stock numbers ask in store or look online

07/10/2026
What u rekon 👍❤️
07/10/2026

What u rekon 👍❤️

Here is the start of this Zine!! If you were around during this time and have any pictures of the darkrooms then pls let...
05/10/2026

Here is the start of this Zine!!
If you were around during this time and have any pictures of the darkrooms then pls let me know and lets see😊. Email me at [email protected]

Cheers
Lee👍❤️😊

You only need to print 2 sessions per month for your memership to pay for itself.  And then you get all the other discou...
15/09/2026

You only need to print 2 sessions per month for your memership to pay for itself. And then you get all the other discounts too.

Address

London

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 7pm
Tuesday 9:30am - 7pm
Wednesday 9am - 7pm
Thursday 9am - 7pm
Friday 9am - 7pm
Saturday 12pm - 6pm

Telephone

+442077299292

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